Education 教育人行道: 2月 2020

2020年2月19日星期三

Coronavirus exposes western universities’ reliance on China

Travel bans to contain the coronavirus outbreak threaten multibillion-dollar losses for universities in Australia, the US and New Zealand that rely on income from Chinese students.

Travel bans prevent students from starting courses and squeeze college funding

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Coronavirus exposes western universities’ reliance on China

2020年2月13日星期四

Rebranding/改運: 改學院名系名的故事集

Yale Daily News

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"Aiming to paint a fuller picture of their scopes, two Yale institutions — the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Department of Geology & Geophysics — will change their names this July.
According to a press release on Saturday, the Yale Corporation and University President Peter Salovey voted to change the name of FES to the Yale School of the Environment, a change that will become official on July 1. Two days later, Dean of ⋯⋯

| FES, G&G to rebrand Matt Kristoffersen FES, G&G to rebrand Matt Kristoffersen & John Besche Staff Reporters Wikimedia Commons Aiming to paint a fuller picture of their scopes, two Yale institutions — the School of Forestry & Environmental Studies and the Department of Geology & Geophysics...

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FES, G&G to rebrand

改名、改級別 2014
改名、改級別

現在，人和組織改名的現象很平常。上周，我遇到80年的老長官楊副所長，暢談之後發現他的名片已改名，有點驚訝，不過想想產業江湖本多事，這可能情有可原。

近十幾年，大學競爭激烈，各院系多貶值，所以每每改院名、系名以力挽狂潮。各校的單位也這樣：甲校的"募捐委員會"易名為"社會資源發展委員會；乙校的"教學發展中心數位媒體組"改為"教學科技組"......

大學級別的算法：如果2014年入學的4年制學生，美國稱之為2018級。不過或許國立大學必須採用"民國xxx年"的說明。

最令我訝異的是，可能一所學校內的各系紀年方式不一。今早接到妻捐錢，建築系饋贈的《東海建築96/97級畢業作品集》2冊，起初想不出為什麼新書卻寫舊年級，後來想通他們將級別訂在入學那年。

大部分改系名的故事，都以悲劇收場。2018

洪士灝

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這是經典改系名搶學生的故事大結局嗎？

我考大學聯考的那一年（1985），交大電子工程系的排名高於該校其他科系。大家知道，交大以理工聞名，把電機領域的電子、控制、電信、計算機，乃至於電子物理有獨立的系，非常的專業導向。

當時的計算機工程系，簡稱計工，後來改名為資工，大概是怕有些高中生搞不清楚，以為是來學怎麼做手邊算帳用的計算機的。原本交大有個資訊科學系的，在理學院下面，後來一起把餅做大，成立資訊學院，反正資訊本來就是理工合一的學門，這樣做很自然。

比較有趣的是，大概在十年前，控制工程系和電信工程系合併，改名為電機工程系，排名立即上揚，甚至超過電子工程系，可見系名以及各種文宣對於高中生有非常大的影響。

接下來電子工程系將併入「大電機系」，我想只是繞了很長一圈之後回歸到跟大多數大學一樣，一方面對內可以促進教學資源共享；一方面也是藉著改系名來搶優秀的學生。

其實這樣也好，讓學生進到大學、搞清楚狀況之後再選擇專長，對學生有利。

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交大成立「大電機系」規畫12大特色學程 | 聯合新聞網

我所不知道的耶魯神學院The Yale Divinity School

也許是2018~2019年，我在Facebook 讀到孫康宜院士允諾將她的日記都捐給耶魯神學院的圖書館。

今天在Yale Daily News讀到該學院得到最大的捐款。

就讀讀Wikipedia 的介紹。

下面用斯特林神學四合院做作耶魯神學院的代表，與史實不符合：參考English

維基百科，自由的百科全書

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耶魯神學院
斯特林神學四合院
創建時間	1822年
學校類型	私立
院長	葛里高利·E·斯特林（Gregory E. Sterling）
教師人數	36^[1]
學生人數	392^[2]
校址	美國康乃狄克州紐哈芬市座標：41°19′24″N 72°55′17″W
網站	divinity.yale.edu

耶魯神學院（Divinity School）是耶魯大學十二個研究院之一，位於康乃狄克州紐哈芬市。

公理會神學教育是驅使耶魯大學成立的動機，神學院可以追溯到1822年神學部。1869年，學院有了自己的校園、教職人員和學歷教育，在十九世紀中變得更加普及。自二十世紀七十年代起，學校與美國聖公會伯克利神學院聯合，成立聖樂研究所，授予獨立學位。

Yale Daily News

UNIVERSITY |"The Yale Divinity School has received $15 million to help fund a sustainable residential complex — among the largest gifts ever bequeathed to a divinity school and the largest in the school’s history.

This past weekend, Dean Greg Sterling announced the donation from George and Carol Bauer, who have been close to the Divinity School community since the 1990s despite not having educational ties to Yale. George Bauer has served on the Dean’s Advisory Council, and Carol Bauer has worked extensively with the school’s career vocational training."

John Besche reports.

| YDS receives largest-ever donation John Besche YDS receives largest-ever donation John Besche Staff Reporter Courtesy of Yale Divinity School The Yale Divinity School has received $15 million to help fund a sustainable residential complex — among the largest gifts ever bequeathed to a div...

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YDS receives largest-ever donation

Harvard and Yale accused of failing to report millions in foreign gifts. DOE to investigate Yale’s foreign funding disclosure

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Harvard and Yale accused of failing to report millions in foreign gifts

Yale Daily News

UNIVERSITY | "The Department of Education will investigate Yale, along with other institutions of higher education across the country, for allegedly failing to report billions of dollars in foreign funding.

The universities, including Yale and Harvard, allegedly failed to report at least $6.5 billion in foreign funding from nations such as China, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, according to documents of the department reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. On Feb. 11, the Education Department sent a letter to University President Peter Salovey requesting records on contributions totaling $375 million from foreign governments. The letter also asked Yale to disclose details of foreign funding used to develop the new Jackson School of Global Affairs and Yale Law School’s Paul Tsai China Center."

Valerie Pavilonis & Olivia Tucker report.

| DOE to investigate Yale’s foreign funding disclosure Valerie Pavilonis DOE to investigate Yale’s foreign funding disclosure Valerie Pavilonis & Olivia Tucker Staff Reporters Lucas Holter The Department of Education will investigate Yale, along with other institutions of higher education...